The bovine, which Stura has named Shankar (meaning “one who brings happiness and prosperity”) led police on an hours-long chase down the Prospect Expressway and into Brooklyn’s Backyard, where he evaded their attempts to trap him using nearby soccer nets, before cops tranquilized, lassoed, and shipped him off to the city’s Center for Animal Care and Control.

Stura picked up the still-drowsy steer from the city at around 6:30 last night, and the animal rescuer hasn’t faced any trouble from the cow’s owner.

A slaughterhouse on Fourth Avenue near 16th Street called police on Tuesday to warn of the animal’s escape, but nobody from the business has claimed the beast, possibly due to liability concerns related to the steer’s escape, the sanctuary owner said.

“If the animal is feisty like that, it’s not worth the $1,500 in damage the animal might have caused,” Stura said.

At the sanctuary, veterinarians treated Shankar for a minor cut on his leg, in addition to performing tests to ensure his good health.

Reasonable discourse

Same troll impersonator = Same boring life. Focus on new material by identify yourself or troll elsewhere.

Oct. 19, 2017, 7:23 pm

Pedro Valdez Rivera Jr. from Bed-Stuy says:

I'm commenting on articles that are related to the MTA: Nothing more. If you want to commit personal attacks, then troll the Brooklyn Paper for that.

Oct. 21, 2017, 8:17 am

Michelle says:

Who's the troll? The cow? This man commenting above sounds crazy.

Oct. 22, 2017, 4:57 am

Pedro Valdez Rivera Jr. from Bed-Stuy says:

Michelle, I didn't make those comments initially: It's those impersonators did and they're giving me a very bad time, especially in the past two weeks. So I have to respond back. However, that make things a lot worse when ordinary people are personally attack me. That's not fair for me who have been victimized of online trolling and cyberbullying on this website in the past several days.

Oct. 22, 2017, 9:44 am

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